Red diffuse light suppresses the accelerated perception of fear

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 992-999

  West, Greg L ^a   Anderson, Adam K ^a   Bedwell, Jeffrey S ^b   Pratt, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Emotion; Evolution; Magnocellular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; VISION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COLOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954823814     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610371966     Document Type: Article

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